The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-14
CURRENT EVENTS.

William Southmay, OF Middleton, Conn, hM
voted at every election since 1911. He 10 W
years old.
During the past season 1850 900 tons Of glas,
sand were used In the wlne-glass industry In
Pennsylvania
Twelve members Of the Philadelphia police
force have been discharged for refusing Ia
wear overcoats,
Six hundred periodicals, by the grace Of the
czar, are published in Russia. OF these only
hfty-f are dailies.
A young girl Was fined IS few days ago, at
Middletown, N. Y, for slspping an acquaint-
ance twice In the face.
Ono Of the players who helped TO "bresk" .
faro bank At Reno, New, last week was prom.
lnent business man. He 'pulled out" $1,000.
The mll-men OF Truckee, New, are expert.
encing great deal OF trouble In getting cars
for the transportation Of lumber to eastern
markets.
Barney Melon, who died in the Ottawa val
ley, Canada, one day last week, had docu.
ments in his possession TO prove that he was
ITO years old.
Coon grapes, which are delicious eating
after several severe frosts have fallen on them,
arc said to be very abundant this year in the
woods Of Virginia
''Did you enjoy the sermoni" "0f course
did. had on . new hat and dress and the
sexton seated me directly in front Of that
dreadful Miss BrIggs"
woman living In Farmer township, De-
fance county, Ohio, gave birth to a child on
the 9TH Of April, and on the 10th Of Septem'
Der she was delivered Of another.
It is suggested that the Knights Of Labor
turn their boycotting- machine on the New
Hampshire muskrat that has thrown three
thousand men out Of employment
George Grler, Of North Orilla, Quebec, saved
4 freight train from going over burning
bridge and the railway company several thou
sand dollars, and WAS given reward OF $50
Isaac Ellis, a patriarch Of Petersburg Va,
recently took out license to marry his eighth
wife. By his first wife he had fifteen children
second sixteen, and by the other hve-in all
thirty five.
In the local personal column Of The Utica
IN. W Herald, is announced the departure
for China, on a pleasure trip, Of 10 Sing and
All Hum, respected members Of our celestial
community"
People of Hartford, Conn.,, complain that
the drivers on two Of the parallel horse car
lines have race on almost every trip, and
that 1t is no easy matter for the would-be pas
sengers to get aboard.
Savants have discovered that the hair Of the
prong horned antelope like that OF man, is
made to stand erect by sudden fright. In
vestigation in this line might take In the
hedgehog and the ridge pole cat.
A New York gentleman 10 trying to raise a
fund Of $500, 600 to be used in aid OF art. As
New Workers. are proverbially stingy In their
benefactions to such enterprises, he will prob
ably have to abandon his scheme aud move to
Chicago, where he will meet with success.
Arthur Anthony, clerk In business house
at Marysville, Cal, went to bed last Sunday
night impressed with the notion that fire
would occur before morning. Finally he
went to sleep, and dreamed that fire had
broken out and was dangerously near While
still asleep, he sprang from bis bed through n
window He awoke to find that there was no
fire, and that one of his legs was broken, 1t
having caught In the sash.
Near Lynn, Mass, one day last week, a
b orse lost one Of It's shoes, and was put into
a box stall for the night The next morning.
30 relates The Bee, the driver, on going to feed
the horse, found the animal missing No one
had gone to the stall, and where the horse
had gone, no one knew. On n search being
made, he was found at blacksmth's shop,
not far from the stable, waiting patiently for
bis turn to be shod. The blacksmith stated
that he camo to the shop by himself and
walked In.
A female cabin passenger on an Incoming
European steamer appeared IN the dining-sa-
loon just before the vessel arrive at the dock
clad in the costlest laces To her friends she
condded that every article OF dresss he wore was
lace, even to gloves and hose, and added that
she would wear lace boots II 1t were not so
chilly. She explained that one of her daugh-
tiers was soon to be married, and that the lace
was for her trousseau. She wore II TO save
duties. Her costume was estimated H. be
worth 5000.
The police of Pittsburgh, Pa, are getting
pretty hard up for eases" II they can do no
better than they did last Monday, when one
of their number succeeded in having Mrs
Annie Jones committed to jail. Mrs. Jones is
over so years old. The offense on which she
was sentenced consisted simply of purchasing
n five gallon jug Of whisky and selling 1t TO
auolher person. After being placed In a cell
she became so IN that q physician was sent
for. The name OF the prosecutor can not be
found In tho commitment
Says The Virginia city New Report In
many places about town the surface has sunk
two or three feet, and often as much as ten.
In front of the Fourth ward school the ground
has sunk between two and three feet In places.
The surface about the old Bullion well, on